Legal Opinion

Paxson Electric Co. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided April 13, 1988No. 591-86CPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANDEWELT, Judge.

In this Government contract action, plaintiff, Paxson Electric Company, Inc. (Paxson), seeks to recover its bid preparation costs in connection with an unsuccessful effort to secure a contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, TRIDENT (the Navy). Plaintiff contends that the selection official’s decision to award the contract to another firm was arbitrary and capricious, and that the Navy violated controlling regulations when it failed in its Request for Proposals (RFP) to list the applicable bid proposal elements (technical, price, and management) in order…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  4. Sri International v. Matsushita Electric Corporation of America and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions

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